American Saints
After her husband died, she became Catholic and founded the Catholic school system in the USA.
Who is St. Elizabeth Ann Seton?
This wandering saint reluctantly brought roses to his Bishop from Our Lady. When he revealed the roses, he also revealed the most incredible image of Our Lady given to us.
Who is St. Juan Diego?
The very first martyr after Christ's crucifixion. He was stoned to death by another saint!
Who is St. Stephen?
She was the mother of Constantine, the emperor of Rome. She found the relics of the true cross.
Who is St. Helen?
He is the patron saint of animals.
Who is St. Francis of Assisi?
This capuchin was famous for his temper, the stigmata, and visiting the sick in their homes even though he almost never left the monastary.
Who is St. Pio of Pietraclina?
He was drawn and quartered in England after being discovered saying Mass. That's a nice way of saying he was split into 4 pieces.
Who is St. Edmund Campion?
This French king led a crusade.
Who is Saint Louis IX?
Ever seen a snake in Ireland? You have him to thank.
Who is St. Patrick?
She was the first canonized American saint.
Who is St. Francis Xavier Cabrini?
To become a saint, two certified miracles have to happen after the saint dies. This saint cured a seminarian's snapped achilles tendon. The seminarian was part of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and visited St. Augustine Academy two years ago.
Who is St. Pier Giorgio Frassati?
While St. Bartholomew was flayed, this apostle was sawed in half!
Who is St. Simon the Zealot?
There's a Christmas carol about him. He looked out on the feast of Stephen and when a poor man came in sight gathering winter's fuel.
Who is St. Wenceslas?
He was an Old Testament saint who made friends with a lot of lions.
Who is Daniel?
This American blessed had his own prime-time television show.
Who is Bl. Fulton Sheen?
This priest spent so much time in the confessional, he started to see the sins of those who were confessing before they even confessed them.
Who is St. John Vianney?
She was a princess who was sentenced to death by being put on a large, spiked wheel. You might know her more commonly as Santa Catalina.
Who is St. Catherine of Alexandria?
The king of Denmark who put his feet into the sea to demonstrate to that it would not obey him.
Who is St. Canute?
This saint had cancer on his leg, but he was fed every day by a dog while he was sick.
Who is St. Roch?
The state of Hawaii has this Catholic saint representing them in the Hall of Congress.
Who is St. Damian of Molokai?
According to legend, this saint's relic saved a town from a swarm of locusts... not octopusses
Who is St. Ursula?
This saint was sentenced to death for refusing to worship a pagan god. He's the only saint I know who was hacked to death by children!
Who is St. Cassian?
Before she began her journey to sainthood, in order to avenge her husband's death, she poisoned her enemies, then went into their town, lit birds on fire, and sent them free in order to burn down the city.
Who is St. Olga of Kiev?
He cured a pig... who then refused to leave his side!
Who is St. Anthony Abbot?